... 'fglrivultlluce, &C ?? PaoSrIrcs.-Contsirlet'ing tile very advan- ced period of the season, the prospects of the Farmer arc anything but encouraging, and fur from being as plro'ptieis as they usuallyv a.e at the same period. We hate hadl fouivteeen ievels of rainy weather, with- out more tletll two tlives of intermtijssion in that inter- val. i, ldr sutlell viclliniisia;lee it is easly to ...

... 0 zj)de t ~,ie~ 4;fiX 11 ,f1fret,1 BELF AS T: MONDAY. JANUARY 31, 1S53. PEACE AN\D 1WAR.-THE CONFTERENCE AT MANNCHESTER. -AMR. COBDEN'S PAMPHLET. WnV lately copied an article friom the 3rorning C/'OnsiCie, anticipating the assenmblage of the Peace Conference at Manchester, in which it was stated that the meeting was not to be the result of any move- !fent on the part of the Peace Society, ...

... Lgrflttlturr, &C. DROMORE FARMIING SOCIETY. ON Wednesday last, the annual ploughing-match in connuexioi with this society, one of the oldest in Ire- land, having been ill existence thirty-four years, took place about a mile fromt Dromorc, in a field of Mr. Patt erison, ill the towiulanld of' Drumbi-onethl. ThFlue In nl was of' such a quality as to ?? the mettle of the holses and the tactuand ...

... Correponbtence. THE GOSPEL PROPAGATION SOCIETY AND ITS ANGLO CATIOLIC ADVOCATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. Sin-I regret that I have again to intrude on your valuable space. I am forced to do so. It is incum- bent on me to review everything deserving of notice which has been advanced by the four gentlemen who have appeared in your columns as eager and devoted champions to ...

... THIE NTERTNINAIENrT TO TlITE EARtL OF[ I I ANTRIM AT LARNE. Tire follovig addresses mrei necessarily omitted from Our report. of tire proceedings at this enrter'tainment, wev. Dr.e 'eception of a Irortiori of thle S1)eeCh of tire Re.D.Molyircaux. Acc'ordiiu~ to promise wve nowv isupply therm. In, reply to tire toast of Tile Lord Lieutenant and prosperity to Ireland,'' Rev. Di'. 3IMOrLvxr:UX ...

... 2zorticultuix. &c. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOlt THE WEEK. ?? GENERILL RUMAnrss-The difficulty of obtaining a crop of wall-fruit has, of late years, brought several plans into notice, to counteract the inclemency of otur sprirng months, by affording shelter to trees while in bloom. WVhatever mealis ale eniployed shoutld lo v be got into working order; for the sooner protectimil is now given-not ?? ...

... El te dress. POLICY OF THE IRISH PRIESTHOOD. (Froin the Ilerald.) By the same light that enables us to see that a com- pact exists between the Government and those who have talken office under them in Ireland, we can also discern that the whole of the Irish party is not in- cluded in this compact, and that the Roman Catholic clergy in particular, as such, are not parties to it. At the same ...

... THE MINTISTEPIITNTL RE-ELECTIONS. ITY OF LONDlON. 1L01-l John1 Russell wvas, on Monday, ri,-lie ~ d forr thle city of London, without eppos~tlon. Tim followhigr- is the noble lord's address on tlse oc- casiols:- A ftet retfer'rinog to thle share vs hih lie had taken in thle recent events whlicih bird led to thle diowntkrl I of thle kite Admsinrst ration, and defridi hug himnci- againt th ...

... Elbe lort. TIlE HAPPY FAMILY. (From the Herald.) RICUARD COBDEN, curiously enough, has evinced a far higher sense of tihe obligations of principle than the great majority of those right bonourable and very famous men who have formed a Cabinet out of a cabal. The stout-spirited member for the WVest Rid- ing, and the shifty and incomprehensible genius to whom our finances have been now committed ...

... PURSUANT to previous announconment, Mlr. Sherislan Knowles delivered a lecture on The Roman IDo&t- mas of Apostolic Succession, and tile Oral Word of God, to the Young Men's Christian Association and its patrons and friends, on Friday evening, in the ?? Ilall. The proceeds being intended to go to- ward.s the establishing of a library for the association, admission was by ticket, and the ...

... LATEST NEWS 13Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF IRELAND. ILexcex, SIix o'ee(is, TIMUISDAY, JA . 2' . OXFORD UNIVEBSIT \ ELHCTION.-Tiiuissinmr. VIN.l, Cl OSE OF TilP IO.L. Gladstone returned by a majority of 123. SlY 'I'CI.EGI;A.I'Il C IiSICATCI! FOM PARIlS. Louis Napoleon, it is stated, will declare on Satur- day nCext, at tile Interior, his proposed Marriage. The secrecy with whic h this ali ...

... PARTIES IN THlIE NEW 1U)IMINISTRA'TlON. TarL following curious analysis is from the JohM Bull:- 1.-PEELITIES. IN TllE JCABINET. Peers. The Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury. The Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies. Comlnonelel's. 'VIle Right Hon. IV. E. Gladstone, Chancellor of tile Exchequer. Sir James Grailam, First Lord of the Admiralty. The Right Hon. Sidney ...